Michael Emmerich Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Chihiro ha perso da poco la madre e sta cercando di rifarsi una vita a Tokyo, lontano dalla cittadina di provincia a cui la legano brutti ricordi. Nakajima è tormentato da un passato misterioso che gli impedisce di vivere fino in fondo i propri sentimenti. Mino e Chii vivono in una casa nei pressi di un lago, un luogo fuori dal tempo e dallo spazio. Il lago è uno dei migliori e più sorprendenti romanzi di Banana Yoshimoto, poetico e inquietante, racconta una storia d’amore inusuale, dove il bisogno di affetto e comprensione diventano più importanti dei tradizionali cliché di una relazione.

A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of Japanese fiction over the past few decades in a collection that is equally rewarding for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of English or Japanese. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

Kei, who was left alone to raise her daughter after her husband disappeared twelve years ago, finds herself drawn to the seaside town of Manazuru, a place where she tries to unlock memories from her past.

Long-awaited by teachers and students, Read Real Japanese Fiction presents short works by six of todays most daring and provocative Japanese writers. The spellbinding world of Hiromi Kawakami; the hair-raising horror of Otsuichi; the haunting, poignant prose of Banana Yoshimoto; even the poetic word-play of Yoko Tawada whatever a readers taste, he or she is sure to find something of interest and value in this book, suitable for students at the intermediate level and above. As in real Japanese novels, the text on each page runs from top to bottom and from right to left. Each double-page spread features translations of all the difficult passages. In the back of the book, moreover, is a built-in Japanese-English learners dictionary and a notes section covering issues of nuance, usage, grammar and culture that come up in each story. Best of all, the books comes with a free audio CD containing narrations of the stories, performed by a professional voice actress.

'Vibrator' is the disturbing story of the road trip of two highly unlikely companions - a troubled young female journalist and a long-haul truck driver - who meet up in a 24-hour convenience store.

Due racconti lunghi ("Hard-boiled" e "Hard-luck") che trattano della morte, tema familiare a Banana Yoshimoto, mostrando i diversi modi con cui la si può affrontare. Il primo racconto si svolge tutto nello spazio di una notte. Dopo una gita una donna giunge in un paese dove decide di pernottare. In un'atmosfera inquietante rivive momenti intensi e dolorosi del suo passato. Nel secondo racconto la giovane protagonista si reca tutti i giorni in ospedale a trovare la sorella Kumi in coma per emorragia cerebrale. La malattia e la morte le permettono di pensare alla vita in un modo tutto nuovo, che fino a poco tempo prima non avrebbe mai immaginato.